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A stolen loot and a dying woman… what is the secret that binds the two?

William and Hester Monk face intrigue and mystery in the docks of Victorian London’s East End in Anne Perry’s gripping novel The Shifting Tide. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Ann Granger.


‘With her visionary sensibility, Anne Perry is the master of the “you are there” school of hist-myst storytelling… [Here are] scenes that could have come out of Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend‘ – New York Times Book Review

When the Maude Idris docks at the Pool of London, laden with ebony, spices and first-grade tusks of ivory collected from her voyage to Zanzibar, Clement Louvain leaves four armed seamen on board to guard the precious cargo. But as soon as the relief for the night watch arrives ready for duty in the morning, he finds the ivory gone and one of the seamen dead. Hindered by his ignorance of the river and its customs, and ashamed of the fact that he so badly requires the huge fees that Louvain is prepared to pay, William Monk nevertheless begins his investigation into the theft and murder.

Meanwhile Hester’s work at the refuge at Portpool Lane is encountering acute financial difficulties. Sick prostitutes are arriving daily and the medicines needed to help them are running out. When a man arrives promising to pay a huge amount of money for the care of one particular woman, Hester is astonished to meet him. He is none other than Clement Louvain. So who is the woman he is so generously helping? And why is he offering such a substantial sum? Will Monk discover what Louvain is hiding before it is too late?

What readers are saying about The Shifting Tide:

The best Monk mystery yet

‘She has sculpted the characters beautifully

‘This novel is a real page-turner; a “curl up, not-put-the-book-down-till-the-last-page” weekend!’

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Praise for Anne Perry: With her visionary sensibility, Anne Perry is the master of the 'you are there' school of hist-myst storytelling... [Here are] scenes that could have come out of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend
New York Times Book Review
Anne Perry's creation of William Monk, the nineteenth-century private investigator, has proved a welcome and original addition to the crime fiction genre... stylish and highly-individual murder mystery
Yorkshire Evening Post
Her Victorian England pulsates with life and is peopled with wonderfully memorable characters
Faye Kellerman
When it comes to the Victorian mystery, Anne Perry has proved that nobody does it better
San Diego Union-Tribune
Perry has a wonderful feel for period and remains utterly convincing
Guardian
The period detail remains fascinating, and [Perry's] grasp of Victorian character and conscience still astonishes
Cleveland Plain Dealer
With a steady hand at dissecting character and motivation, a keen grasp of social history and a flair for description of Victorian London, Perry guarantees a good read to those who like their murder in a believable historical and psychological context
Publishers Weekly
[Anne] Perry's strengths: memorable characters and an ability to evoke the Victorian era with the finely wrought detail of a miniaturist
The Wall Street Journal
Perry is a forceful plotter and a consistently polished writer
Seattle Weekly
Absorbing... Perry continues her excellent renderings of Victorian manners and mayhem
Chicago Sun-Times